Laundry tag



Feb. 28, 1928.

C. W. CANINE LAUNDRY TAG Filed April e, 1927 mmm A Y Invulling-lvl aan u @haw Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES'PATENT oFFIcE.

LAUNDRY TAG.

Application led April 6, 1927. Serialv No. 181,428.

n My invention relates tothat class of laundry tags in which there is provided a series of tags, each having a means for detachably connecting it to a garment, and each tag of the series having a similar identification mark, .and whereby after the garments bean ing the tags have passed through a laundry operation, the tags having the similarl identification marks may be assembled upon a suitable asserting bar.

The object of my invention is to provide a tag of this class with means whereby it may be readily and quicklyl attached to a garment, and also readily and quickly removed from a garment without danger of tearing or injuring the most delicate fabrics to which it may bev attached.

More specifically it is my object to provide a tag of this class adapted to be connected to a garment by a row of stitches formed on a sewing machine, and whereby all strains applied to the metaltag in a direction tending to separate it from the garment to lwhich it is attached will be transmitted to a piece of tape sewed by the same stitches to the.

opposite side of the garment, thus avoiding all tendency for such strains to tear or injure the garment to which the tag is applied'.

Further in this connection it is my object to so arrange the metal tagthat the threads placed therein by the sewing machine will bev protected yfrom Wear and possible breaking during the time the tag and the article to which it is attached are passed through laundry operations.

i My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the several parts of the tag, whereby they objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a face view of my improved tag attached to a garment as in use. Figure 2 shows a similar view illustrating the opposite face of the tag.

Figure 3 shows a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1; and n Figure Ll'shows an enlarged, detail, sectional view on the line 4.-4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

it will be seen that the metal member of my improved tag is formed of a single piece of at sheet metal, one end being substantially rectangular in outline and the other end being tapered. lThe tag body portion is indicated generally by the reference numeral 10. Extended through the body portion 10 is a rectangular opening `11. Extended yfrom a point adjacent to the opening 11 through the central portion of the tapered part of the metal tag is yaseries of round openings 12 extending through the tag, and in the face ef the tag adjacent to one endof` said openings there is formed a longitudinal groove or depression 13, which extends down into the material of which the tag is-formed to a distance approximately equal or greater than the thickness ofthe thread to be used in sewing, as will hereinafter more fully appear.v On lone face of the tag there is an identification mark illustratedbythe numeralV 14Cl in Figure 2. The articlel to be marked is indicated by the numeral 15. v

The tag comprises the metal plate 10 and also a flexible member 16 preferably a length oftape.'v

The tag comprising the two memberslO v and 16 is applied to a garment as follows:

The metal tag member 10 is placed upon a sewing machine with. the face thereof that `has lthe identification mark lion ituppermost, as shown in Figure 2. Then the garment to be markedV is placed upon lthe metal tag member 10, and'` theny the tape 16 is placed upon the top of the garment. Then the sewing machine is operated in an ordinary manner and the vneedle first goes throughv the opening 12 nearest the opening 11, and then the needle consecutively passes through the remaining openings 12 and makes one or more stitches in the garment 15 and ythe tag 16 beyondthe lower end of the metal tag member 10. In Figure/4 the Varrangementof these stitches is clearly illustrated, and they form what is commonly known as a lock stitch. A v

When the sewing loperation has been completed as described, the threads are cutoff and thetwo tag members are firmly secured to thel garment on opposite sides thereof. By continuing the stitches beyondthe metal' tag member 10, as described, this end of the tag is held firmly in contact with the garment, and the longitudinally extended thread, clearly shown in Figure 1, serves to prevent articles from catching under said end of the metal tag; and furthermore, by having some of the stitches pass through the fab-ricand flexible tag only, there is less danger of the threads breaking at this point than though; the t stitches terminated within theV openings in the metal tag member.

In practice I have demonstrated that tags of this character sew-ed to garments; in the manner described will pass through many laundry operations without the tags `bci-- coming detached or torn from the garnicht.

For the purpose off illustrating thatmy improved tag will not injure the garment to which it is attachechI have substituted for a fabric garment', asheet of; thin paper. and placedltlie-two tag members on opposite sides thereof and connectedl them` all together with a row of stitches' shown. I have then grasped" the vupper end of the metalltag member in one handandthe adjacent end of the flexible tag member in the other hand and violently torn them apart, whiclrresultedlin the threads allbeing cutat the points where they pass through the openings in the met-al tag, and then these cut' ends of t-hei thread" were removed through the paper andcarried by the flexi-V upon the tagin one direction, `and the gar?V mentto which it s attached inthe other di? rection, then byreason ofthe fact that there is a comparatively large number ofA stitches, the strains thus applied` to the garment would be equally distributed' over! a wide area, and since the flexible tag is hel'dlirnily against the fabricbyl the stitches, avery great strain maybe thus applied to the tag and garment without injuring the garment.

By the use of; the term rigid, as applied to the tagmember l0 in the accompanying claims, I do not desireto be understood as limitingmy patenti to the use offmetal members only, but to such material as wouldrnot be readily penetratedby aA sewing machine needle, and,. therefore, would need toi be formedwith `openings to receive the needle; and furthermore by the use of t-he term fabric7 as applied'to the tag member 16, I do not desire to lie-understood` as limiting my inventionto a tag member madeof a woven material, but intend to cover a tag 1 1-.In adevicefof: the class described, the

combination of a flat rigid Vtag member `adapted by means of its shape to be sus-` pended from an asserting rod, and being formed with a row of openings toreceive stitches, a second member formed of fabric and? designedftobe' placedfadjacent to one face of therigid tagmember-with a garment between the twotag members, and a row ofstitchesextendedthrcngh the openings in the rigid tag member#through the garment' andA through the fabric tag member. Y t t 2. In a device of` the-class described,"the combination" of a flat 'rigid tag member adapted by means of-its shape tobesnspendedfrom an assorting rod, andbeing formed with` row of openings to receive-stitches, a second `tag `member formedof fabric 'y andi designedtobe-placed adjacent' to onefaceof the rigid tagmemberavith agarmentbe# tween the two tag` members, andagrow` of stitches extended through the openings in the rigid tag `memberthrough the` garment and through the` fabric tag member, one-or more ofysaid stitches being continued-tbe*V yondthe rigdtag member andbeingpassed through only the fabric tagmember and the. garment;

3i In a device oftthegclass described, the Y `combination `oi'Va flatL rigid* taglA member forn1ed-iv1th aro-w'of openlngsto receive stitches, a second tag memberv Aformed "of fabric and designedto be" placedadj acentr to one face of the rigid"` tagfmemberwith `a garment betweenA the two tagv members, y and a'row of stitches extended through'tlie open.V

ings in .the rigid tag member'through; the garmentY and through theA fabric tag inem ber. Y

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4. Ina tag ofthe characterrdescrihed,

the combination of a rigid tag'membenhav-l ing a; series of openings formed in it, andfa flexible tag memberdsigned to 4be placed on oppositev sides of a,l garment t and' designed to `receive a row of' stitches passed through ci-ins'rnn; W; canina@ 

